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People with dementia deserve a hearinghttps://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/sep/16/dementia-mental-health
Dementia Awareness Day offers us the opportunity to think about how to communicate better with people with dementia<p>September is a good time to think about dementia – not only is it <a href="http://www.alz.org/wam/wam.asp#boxHome" title="">World Alzheimer's Month</a>, but 21 September is World Alzheimer's Day and Saturday is the first <a href="http://alzheimersspeaks.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/join-uk-in-world-wide-awareness-september-17th-dementia-awareness-day/" title="">UK Dementia Awareness Day</a> (to be known as DAD!). The latter is being promoted by <a href="http://alzheimersspeaks.wordpress.com/tag/norm/" title="">Norrms</a> McNamara, a man from Torquay who is in his 50s and has a diagnosis of dementia.</p><p>Norrms is committed to raising awareness of the realities of living with this condition. I wrote recently about <a href="http://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/2011/08/dementia-and-our-society" title="">Dementia and our society</a>, and these three occasions offer me the opportunity to develop some of those thoughts a little further.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/sep/16/dementia-mental-health">Continue reading...</a>DementiaMental healthAlzheimer'sSocietyLife and styleSocial mediaMediaFri, 16 Sep 2011 09:29:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/sep/16/dementia-mental-healthPhotograph: Dominic Lipinski/PASir Terry Pratchett, who has been outspoken about his experience of Alzheimer's disease. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAPhotograph: Dominic Lipinski/PASir Terry Pratchett, who has been outspoken about his experience of Alzheimer's disease. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAPhilippa Hare2011-09-16T09:29:01ZSocial media can help riot-hit communities recoverhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/aug/09/social-media-riots-community-recovery
In all the furore over social media's inflammatory role in the riots, little has been said about how local networks can bring neighbourhoods together<p>Much of the rhetoric following the disturbances in London is about reasserting connections and alliances: "our community", "those outsiders", "working with the police/community/local businesses" and so on. There's a sense of finger-in-the-dyke desperation in the attempt to shore up community resilience against unpredictable damage.</p><p>Meanwhile, reports of the role of social media in orchestrating criminality have been accumulating – with particular insight being offered in <a href="http://urbanmashup.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/the-unlikely-social-network-fuelling-the-tottenham-riots/" title="">Jonathan Akwue's note about Blackberry Messenger</a>. But little has been said of the potential for social media in response to disorder – as a resource for sharing defensive information, challenging falsehoods, providing reassurance and, ultimately, shoring up community resilience.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/aug/09/social-media-riots-community-recovery">Continue reading...</a>CommunitiesSocietyUK riots 2011UK newsSocial mediaDigital mediaMediaLondonTwitterInternetBloggingTechnologyCitizen mediaTue, 09 Aug 2011 12:12:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/aug/09/social-media-riots-community-recoveryPhotograph: Iain Masterton / Alamy/AlamyLocal Twitter feeds were used to share information and provide reassurance during London riots. Photograph: Iain Masterton / Alamy/AlamyPhotograph: Iain Masterton / Alamy/AlamyLocal Twitter feeds were used to share information and provide reassurance during London riots. Photograph: Iain Masterton / Alamy/AlamyKevin Harris and Hugh Flouch2011-08-09T12:12:01ZWill anyone join me as I go from social to local networking?https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/jul/26/big-society-contributor-paul-rowlinson
'Big society' wants to see us take more responsibility for ourselves, but we'll still need someone to hold our hands while we learn how, says Paul Rowlinson<p>When I "killed" my Facebook account earlier this year, one of the reasons I gave to friends was that I wanted to claim back some of my spare time. I imagined that all the time spent updating my profile and typing witty ripostes to others' would now be more productively spent. I could almost see a huge vista of lovely, empty, free time, opening up right in front of me. Little did I suspect that huge chunks of it were about to taken up with editing my local village's monthly newsletter, an opportunity I was unable to refuse as I felt sure I was the man for the job.</p><p>As I revealed to various people that I had taken on the task, it became clear that nobody else wanted to do it. Friends and family said: "It sounds like a lot of work." But I told myself that it would be a good thing to do. I liked the idea that I was swapping social networking for local networking – "keeping it real" and that sort of thing. So I talked myself into it and opened my door to my local community.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/jul/26/big-society-contributor-paul-rowlinson">Continue reading...</a>CommunitiesPublic services policyLocal governmentPublic sector cutsSocietyLocal politicsPoliticsSocial mediaMediaTue, 26 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/jul/26/big-society-contributor-paul-rowlinsonPhotograph: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesFarewell Facebook, hello local community. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesFarewell Facebook, hello local community. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesPaul Rowlinson2011-07-26T12:00:00ZMobile phones have made some young people more vulnerable than everhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/jul/19/mobile-phones-young-people-vulnerable-three-rs
We need a new three Rs programme to combat the unprecedented online risks young people face, says Stephen Carrick-Davies<p>Ask young people what they fear most about being online and, for many, the threat of their details being hacked into is up there along with cyberbullying.</p><p>Youngsters from a pupil referral unit shared their experiences and devised and acted in a short film for a report I have written on how vulnerable young people use social media and mobile technology. The subject they chose to portray in the film was the panic created when what was intended to be private goes public; the fear that their reputation was shattered; the sickening realisation that their future could be rung out. Sound familiar?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/jul/19/mobile-phones-young-people-vulnerable-three-rs">Continue reading...</a>Young peopleChildrenSocial careSocietySocial mediaDigital mediaMediaLiteracyEducationSmartphonesMobile phonesTechnologyParents and parentingFamilyLife and styleTue, 19 Jul 2011 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/jul/19/mobile-phones-young-people-vulnerable-three-rsPhotograph: Anthony Devlin/PAYoung people who have few supportive adults and low levels of literacy are at risk when trying to narrate their lives online. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PAPhotograph: Anthony Devlin/PAYoung people who have few supportive adults and low levels of literacy are at risk when trying to narrate their lives online. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PAStephen Carrick-Davies2011-07-19T17:30:00ZPublic service blogging is not redundant | Patrick Butlerhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/mar/08/public-service-bloggers-not-redundant
Bloggers may not change the world as we know it, but social media still has the potential to hold public service organisations to account<p>Almost four years ago, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/apr/11/futureforpublicservices.penal" title="">I wrote a piece for this column </a>about public&nbsp;service bloggers. They were,&nbsp;I opined, changing our perceptions of the NHS, or local government, or the police, or social&nbsp;work. They brought insider knowledge and credibility. They were able to measure the difference between ministerial policy utterances and frontline reality far&nbsp;more sensitively than most journalists. At their best, they were able to articulate the experiences, moods and rhythms of frontline life, and its frustrations and satisfactions, in ways the mainstream media could rarely achieve.</p><p>Bloggers, I believed, were rewriting the media script: the mainstream press would feel inauthentic by comparison; bloggers would become influential, and would, by virtue of their powerful truth-telling, influence policy and force institutions, from Whitehall to the town hall, to become more open and accountable. "It is bloggers… and not politicians, PR managers or the traditional media, who are beginning to tell the real inside story of public services," I wrote.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/mar/08/public-service-bloggers-not-redundant">Continue reading...</a>Public sector cutsPublic services policySocietySocial mediaDigital mediaMediaTue, 08 Mar 2011 17:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/mar/08/public-service-bloggers-not-redundantPatrick Butler2011-03-08T17:00:01ZHow Twitter's #charitytuesday became an instant hit | Frances Boothhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/jun/16/charitytuesday-twitter-lovebox
On Lovebox's #charitytuesday, which each month promotes a different charity, no one is hassled for money, but simply asked to give a show of support. Perfect, says Frances Booth<p>What day is it?</p><p>A seemingly simple question.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/jun/16/charitytuesday-twitter-lovebox">Continue reading...</a>Voluntary sectorSocietyCharitable givingTwitterTechnologySocial networkingMediaSocial mediaLovebox festivalTue, 16 Jun 2009 09:07:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/jun/16/charitytuesday-twitter-loveboxFrances Booth2009-06-16T09:07:00Z